CVE-2026-74872Critical· 9.8▾ Midnightopenssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Whirlpool hash implementation that uses broad glob patterns to load .so modules without integrity verification. Attackers can place malicious …
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 53.9 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Aug 18.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
0.5%
0.5% → 0.7%
— → 9.8
medium → critical
Last analysed / modified upstream
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Whirlpool hash implementation that uses broad glob patterns to load .so modules without integrity verification. Attackers can place malicious .so files matching the whirlpoolpy313.so pattern in site-packages directories to achieve native code execution when the module is loaded.
openssl_encrypt < 1.4.0Upgrade past the affected range:
openssl_encrypt 1.4.0Affected packages:
openssl-encrypt < 1.4.0Patched in:
openssl-encrypt 1.4.0Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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